Presidency of Fort St. George

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colonial administrative division presidency of British India

The Presidency of Fort St. George was a major administrative division of British India centered on Madras (now Chennai), overseeing large areas of southern and eastern India during the colonial period.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Presidency of Madras 4
Presidency of Fort St. George canonical 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial administrative division ⓘ
presidency of British India ⓘ
administeredBy British Crown ⓘ
British East India Company ⓘ
capital Fort St. George ⓘ
Chennai ⓘ
surface form: Madras
country British India ⓘ
currencyUsed Indian rupee ⓘ
surface form: Indian rupee (British Indian rupee)
economicRole major center of maritime trade in the Bay of Bengal ⓘ
major center of textile trade ⓘ
governedByBody Governor’s Executive Council of Madras Presidency ⓘ
surface form: Council of Fort St. George
governedByOffice Governor of Madras ⓘ
surface form: Governor of Fort St. George
governmentType colonial provincial government ⓘ
hasAdministrativeCenter Fort St. George ⓘ
introducedInfrastructure modern ports at Madras ⓘ
railways in parts of South India ⓘ
introducedInstitution English-style judiciary in South India ⓘ
modern bureaucracy in South India ⓘ
modern revenue administration in South India ⓘ
judicialCenter Madras High Court jurisdiction (late colonial period) ⓘ
languageOfAdministration English ⓘ
legacyRegion modern state of Tamil Nadu ⓘ
parts of Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
parts of Karnataka ⓘ
parts of Kerala ⓘ
legalSystem British colonial law ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay India ⓘ
locatedInRegion eastern India ⓘ
surface form: Eastern India

South India ⓘ
majorCity Chennai ⓘ
surface form: Madras
majorPort Chennai ⓘ
surface form: Madras
militaryRole important British military base in South India ⓘ
namedAfter Fort St. George ⓘ
otherMajorPresidency Bengal Presidency ⓘ
Bombay Presidency ⓘ
oversawTerritoryIn Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
surface form: Andhra region

Karnataka ⓘ
surface form: Karnataka region

Kerala ⓘ
surface form: Kerala region

Tamil Nadu ⓘ
surface form: Tamil Nadu region

parts of Odisha ⓘ
parts of Telangana ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
partOfAdministrativeSystem Presidency system of British India ⓘ
presentDayNameOfCapital Chennai ⓘ
primaryColonialPower United Kingdom ⓘ
rankWithinBritishIndia one of the three major presidencies ⓘ
religionPolicy officially supported Christian missionary activity ⓘ
subordinateTo Viceroy of India ⓘ
surface form: Governor-General of India
successorAdministrativeUnit Madras Presidency ⓘ
surface form: Madras Province (British India)

Tamil Nadu ⓘ
surface form: Madras State (post-independence India)

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Odisha (parts) → partOf → Presidency of Fort St. George ⓘ
Council of the Governor-General → appliesToJurisdiction → Presidency of Fort St. George ⓘ
this entity surface form: Presidency of Madras
Governor of Madras → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Presidency of Fort St. George ⓘ
Regulating Act 1773 → extendedAuthorityOver → Presidency of Fort St. George ⓘ
this entity surface form: Presidency of Madras
Governors of East India Company presidencies → appliesToJurisdiction → Presidency of Fort St. George ⓘ
this entity surface form: Presidency of Madras
Saint Helena Act 1833 → affectedTerritory → Presidency of Fort St. George ⓘ
this entity surface form: Presidency of Madras